Chilli Crab

Chilli Crab

Chilli Crab Recipe

1 kg (2 lb) fresh crab, cleaned and halved
oil for deep frying
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
5cm (2 in) young ginger, roughly chopped
3 red chillies, finely chopped
¼ cup chilli sauce
¼ cup tomato sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 3 tbsp water
1 egg, light beaten
salt and pepper to taste
1 spring onion sliced

deep fry the crab in hot oil just until bright red. Remove and set aside and pour out the oil(alternatively if you do not want to deep fry, you can just add more water to sauce and cook crab covered for 10min to reduce sauce.) Put ¼ cup fresh oil into the wok. Heat and add garlic, ginger and chillies. Stir until fragrant then add chilli sauce, tomato sauce, sugar soy sauce and sesame oil. Simmer for 1 min, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the fried crab and stir to coat well with sauce. Put in the chicken stock and cook over high heat for 3 mins. Stir thoroughly and thicken with cornflour and egg. Season to taste with salt and pepper and sprinkle with spring onions.